Reviews with content warning for Dementia - The Christmas Swap

The Christmas Swap (a fake dating sapphic Christmas romance) was an easy to follow story but it wasn’t what i was expecting from a Christmas themed romance book. I felt like it was lacking in the cheese and romance to be honest. I wanted to like this, but I just couldn’t get into it and I felt like the characters were flat. The audiobook experience wasn’t enjoyable to me, but I know I would have DNF’d if I was physically reading.

The two redeeming factors of this story was Grandpa Moe and the friendship between Ben and Margot (extra .5 in the rating because of this).

The story definitely had potential to be something greater but lost its way. Personally I kept forgetting how old the character’s were because I felt like they acted very childlike and immature. Also, there wasn’t any real tension or stakes to make me want to keep going.

This wasn’t the book for me, but it might be for someone else.

Spice Level: *reserved for the romance genre or books with an appropriate substantial romance subplot* this rating is meant to categorize the level of spice not how much i enjoyed it. this is a completely subjective thing.

0 🌶= it's zero spice.

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arlaubscher's review

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emotional lighthearted sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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skyfluff's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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withlivjones's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

What a cute and cozy festive read! The romance was really sweet, I loved all the characters and their individual arcs, and the writing is both funny and heartbreaking at times. I actually thought the miscommunication/misunderstanding trope was written really well in this book, usually it’s my least favourite trope but this time I found it pretty entertaining. I also thought that the abusive ex storyline was handled very well, a book always gets bonus points from me when a character seeks out help and gets therapy to heal from their trauma :^) I did quite often forget which character’s POV we were in because their internal monologues were so similar, but the context usually solves that issue soon enough.

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julesreadsstuff's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Really enjoyable hallmark-style
Lesbian Christmas romcom - just what I needed!

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booksandteatime's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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